Jonathan Zecher


Contact categoryResearcher
Job titleSenior Research Fellow
Research instituteInstitute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy

Research outputs

The Negotiation of Meaning in Late Antique Clinical Practice: Alexander of Tralles and “Natural Remedies”
Zecher, Jonathan. (2023). The Negotiation of Meaning in Late Antique Clinical Practice: Alexander of Tralles and “Natural Remedies”. In Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities pp. 84-101 Routledge.

Book chapter

Evagrius of Pontus on Λύπη : Distress and cognition between philosophy, medicine, and monasticism
Zecher, Jonathan. (2023). Evagrius of Pontus on Λύπη : Distress and cognition between philosophy, medicine, and monasticism. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity : Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 530 - 547 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.030

Book chapter

Doctrine's Role in the Ascent to God according to John Climacus
Zecher, Jonathan. (2022). Doctrine's Role in the Ascent to God according to John Climacus. In Patristic Spirituality: Classical Perspectives on Ascent in the Journey to God pp. 355-375 Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004526983_021

Book chapter

Spiritual direction as a medical art in early Christian monasticism
Zecher, Jonathan L.. (2022). Spiritual direction as a medical art in early Christian monasticism Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854135.001.0001

Book

Medical metaphors in byzantine spiritual direction
Zecher, Jonathan. (2022). Medical metaphors in byzantine spiritual direction. The Journal of Religion. 102(4), pp. 529-554. https://doi.org/10.1086/721356

Journal article

Myths of aerial tollhouses and their tradition from George the Monk to the Life of Basil the Younger
Zecher, Jonathan. (2021). Myths of aerial tollhouses and their tradition from George the Monk to the Life of Basil the Younger. Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 75, pp. 297-318.

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Medical art in spiritual direction : Basil, Barsanuphios, and John on diagnosis and meaning in illness
Zecher, Jonathan. (2020). Medical art in spiritual direction : Basil, Barsanuphios, and John on diagnosis and meaning in illness. Journal of Early Christian Studies. 28(4), pp. 591-623. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2020.0044

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The reception of evagrian psychology in the Ladder of Divine Ascent: John Cassian and Gregory Nazianzen as sources and conversation partners
Zecher, Jonathan. (2018). The reception of evagrian psychology in the Ladder of Divine Ascent: John Cassian and Gregory Nazianzen as sources and conversation partners. Journal of Theological Studies. 69(2), pp. 674 - 713. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fly125

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The role of death in the ladder of divine ascent and the Greek Ascetic tradition
Zecher, Jonathan. In A. Louth and G. Clark (Ed.). (2015). The role of death in the ladder of divine ascent and the Greek Ascetic tradition Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198724940.001.0001

Book

Antony's vision of death? Athanasius of Alexandria, Palladius of Heenopolis, and Egyptian Mortuary Religion
Zecher, Jonathan. (2014). Antony's vision of death? Athanasius of Alexandria, Palladius of Heenopolis, and Egyptian Mortuary Religion. Journal of Late Antiquity. 7(1), pp. 159 - 176. https://doi.org/10.1353/jla.2014.0016

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The angelic life in desert and ladder: John Climacus's re-formulation of Ascetic Spirituality
Zecher, Jonathan. (2013). The angelic life in desert and ladder: John Climacus's re-formulation of Ascetic Spirituality. Journal of Early Christian Studies. 21(1), pp. 111 - 136. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2013.0006

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Death among the desert fathers: Evagrius and theophilus in the sayings tradition
Zecher, Jonathan. (2013). Death among the desert fathers: Evagrius and theophilus in the sayings tradition. Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review. 35(2017-02-01), pp. 148 - 169.

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Death's spiralling narrative: On 'reading' the Orthodox funeral
Zecher, Jonathan. (2011). Death's spiralling narrative: On 'reading' the Orthodox funeral. Studia Liturgica. 41(2), pp. 274 - 292.

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